Perceptions of challenges in writing academically: Iranian postgraduate students’ perspectives
Academic writing skills are essential tools that postgraduate students reading for their doctoral degree have to master to be able to produce dissertations, research reports and academic assignments of quality in the course of their studies; and publish research-based articles in established journa...
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| author | Kotamjani, Sedigheh Shakib Hussin, Habsah |
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| description | Academic writing skills are essential tools that postgraduate students reading for their doctoral degree have to master to
be able to produce dissertations, research reports and academic assignments of quality in the course of their studies; and publish research-based articles in established journals. This paper discusses the perceptions of a group of Iranian postgraduate students pursuing their doctoral degrees at UPM (Universiti Putra Malaysia) on the challenges they face in writing academically. They provided the data for this paper via their responses to a survey. The findings indicate that these postgraduate students perceived some academic writing skills to be more challenging than the others. The paper concludes with a discussion on the implications of the findings; and recommendations on how the situation can be improved. |
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| spelling | upm-626932020-12-02T22:18:40Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/62693/ Perceptions of challenges in writing academically: Iranian postgraduate students’ perspectives Kotamjani, Sedigheh Shakib Hussin, Habsah Academic writing skills are essential tools that postgraduate students reading for their doctoral degree have to master to be able to produce dissertations, research reports and academic assignments of quality in the course of their studies; and publish research-based articles in established journals. This paper discusses the perceptions of a group of Iranian postgraduate students pursuing their doctoral degrees at UPM (Universiti Putra Malaysia) on the challenges they face in writing academically. They provided the data for this paper via their responses to a survey. The findings indicate that these postgraduate students perceived some academic writing skills to be more challenging than the others. The paper concludes with a discussion on the implications of the findings; and recommendations on how the situation can be improved. Flourishing Creativity & Literacy 2017 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/62693/1/ACADEMIC.pdf Kotamjani, Sedigheh Shakib and Hussin, Habsah (2017) Perceptions of challenges in writing academically: Iranian postgraduate students’ perspectives. International Journal of Applied Linguistics & English Literature, 6 (4). pp. 1-4. ISSN 2200-3592; ESSN: 2200-3452 https://www.journals.aiac.org.au/index.php/IJALEL/article/view/3111/2751 10.7575/aiac.ijalel.v.6n.4p.1 |
| spellingShingle | Kotamjani, Sedigheh Shakib Hussin, Habsah Perceptions of challenges in writing academically: Iranian postgraduate students’ perspectives |
| title | Perceptions of challenges in writing academically: Iranian postgraduate students’ perspectives |
| title_full | Perceptions of challenges in writing academically: Iranian postgraduate students’ perspectives |
| title_fullStr | Perceptions of challenges in writing academically: Iranian postgraduate students’ perspectives |
| title_full_unstemmed | Perceptions of challenges in writing academically: Iranian postgraduate students’ perspectives |
| title_short | Perceptions of challenges in writing academically: Iranian postgraduate students’ perspectives |
| title_sort | perceptions of challenges in writing academically: iranian postgraduate students’ perspectives |
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